Building KnowledgeBased Systems Author:John Edwards In order for knowledge-based computer systems to be of practical value to commercial organizations, reliable methods need to be available for deciding when they may be of use, specifying them and constructing them. This shift towards a practical emphasis means that the time is now right to look at successful and unsuccessful systems and to build... more » on the knowledge which has been gained in expert systems and in other areas, in order to propose a methodology for building knowledge-based systems which extend existing software engineering techniques. The book examines a methodology for building the systems from a problem-driven rather than a solution-driven perspective. The material aims to be of value to all builders of knowledge-based systems, but especially novices and/or those whose responsibility is to extend existing computing facilities to include knowledge-based capabilities. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students should also find the book of interest.« less